This past weekend I had a photo session for a 15 year old 'book'. We went up to Meruoca in the mountains to a nice little place called Sito Boa Tia. They have a small stand of trees that is a little dark and very green. I don't know If I've seen Disney's Brave and Tinkerbell …
Photo of the Week 2014 #14
I took this image 6 months ago and it sat around after developing it since then, waiting to be scanned. Last night I scanned it in and though I couldn't get the resolution high enough to my liking, really like how it turned out. The lines across the images are the result of developing 2 …
Photo of the Week 2014 #12
President Dilma Rousseff was here in sobral this week on São José day to announce the investment in the region of R$ 300,000,000 (Three Hundred Million Reis). The money is to build cisterns and reinforce water supplies, water sanitation projects, combat hunger in municipalities in Ceará, and to also the development of sustainable family farming …
Photo of the Week 2014 #11
Kind of stumbled upon this image up in the mountains this last Sunday. Audrey and I were walking and looked down a path and well… She says, "I see a black horse on top of a brown horse… Awe, lets go and pet them." My response, "No, lets let them be." I love my little …
Photo of the Week 2014 #08
This cute little brown capuchin monkey stands on top of a rotting tree stump in a park near Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul. Every time I look at this picture I think of Indiana Jones and envision that the monkey is standing on top of some ancient artifact. Exif Data Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark …
Photo of the Week 2014 #07
This last weekend was the close of the traditional folk festival of Bumba Meu Boi (the legend of the death and resurrection of a bull). At the Boulevard do Arco in the center of Sobral, all the groups from the city made their presentations in front of a packed crowd. Wikipedia describes this tradition as: Bumba-meu-boi "Hit-my-bull" is …
Photo of the Week 2014 #05
Cashew nuts, honey, jams and many other natural and regional tasty treats. The owner of this little kiosk 'Socorro' in the Mercado São Sebastião gave us some samples to help in our purchasing decision. Exif Data Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Lens: Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM ISO: 4000 Focal length: 40mm Aperture: f/8 Exposure time: 1/50 sec
Photo of the Week 2014 #04
The 9th International Dance Biennial of Ceará performed at the local theater bringing a collection of traditional dances and poems. Exif Data Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Lens: Canon EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM ISO: 6400 Focal length: 100mm Aperture: f/4.5 Exposure time: 1/125 sec
Photo of the Week 2014 #03
Sunday, the family and I went up to Jijoca de Jericoacoara to Lagoa do Paraíso, 'Paradise Lagoon'. The day before we had had the pleasure of meeting Australian singer/songwriter Melissa Otto and her husband, who were in town to sing at several churches and a concert at the convention center in Sobral. We met up …
Photo of the Week 2014 #02
I love going to the Mercado São Sebastião in Fortaleza, Ceará. I always try to take my camera with me when I'm there because the vendors are so friendly and the variety of fruits and vegetables are so colorful. This visit today I entered through a different door, and walked past 5 or 6 spaces like …
